Life in my Hood

Hey for the 3 people who read this blog. I got mugged @ knife point about 90 min ago. [I'm only writing about in the blog now because I had to alert the authorites, tell the story the flatmates, parental units,and other concerned parties]
I'm still freaked out, drinking wine. Upset this happened in my hood {and well, to me}. But I was physically unharmed in the encounter and called 911 immediatly after they had vacated the scene (good thing they didn't take my mobile). The Sheriff's dept responded immediately and caught the guys just a little up the road. So they got arrested and I got my Coaster pass, and $15 back.
All said and done, I didn't loose anything and was physically unharmed; just freaked out.
Won't bore you with the details of what happened just wanted to jot it down in 21st century fashion.

Something about being social online

I has been 4.95 days since my last post. In that time I have been obsessed with Twitter and Mimobots. Discovered Flock. Revisited Virb-ing ["There will be no virb-ing of the yearbooks in the classroom"] so... um, now I think I need to make a plan:

I will Flock on over to Myspace to Virb about my top 8 peeps, then Twitter on over check my Facebook in the mirror for Blogger. That is all I can think of right now.. If I can think of more stupid ways to waste time I will see about incorporating it into an addendum post.

The Dawning of the End of the Year

Ok, so really, it is still 21 days until the calendar year officially ends. I haven't posted in over a month (been a bad busy boy...) will get a couple more before the year draws to a close.

Leading off this delightful little end of year blogging I want to share the following winter scenes from San Deigo, CA.
see the Photo Album
This was taken on the morning of 12.10.2008. Being up before [or at dawn] is not my cup of tea, but shots like this do make the day great.

Those that are cursed to live in freezing climates can begin hating......NOW. In all fairness my scrawny ass was all bundled up standing out of doors in 45 degree weather... "My name is Chilly Willie. I'm frozen through and through..." I digress.

Feedback on the photos is welcomed.

This shoot could not have taken place without the support of my flatmate, morning 'carpool', and great person. Thank You!

Storage Devices

Recently I decided to try and upgrade the firmware on my Western Digital 350GB harddrive. I downloaded MyBook_Firmware_r1_08a from the Western Digital Site (it has since been removed from the location I downloaded it from on the 19th) . Only after I backed up all my data did I run the upgrade. At the time, everything was in order, but, 4 days later I go to use the drive again and it just sits there. After trying to get any machine to recognize the drive and scouring the Western Digital Support site I decided to call Support to see if they could help me 'roll back' my firmware. My warranty was out of date so I decided to gamble and shell out $14.95 for phone support. A total waste of not only my time but hard earned money! The assholes told me I needed to replace the drive (greedy bastards). I was infuriated and decided to see I could find the firmware version myself. About 4 google searches later I came across this blog:

DOOG BLOG - How to: Recover from a Failed MyBook Firmware Upgrade

It was more than I could have ever asked for! I was able to recover the MyBook Premium 350GB and it is back to it's old ways. I am so happy!

The downside of all this?
With this error I don't really trust this drive with active use (carrying it around) It will have to be assigned to intermittent backups at the homefront. I really did like this drive despite the fact that the Firewire never worked (the reason I bought it to begin with) but let's face it drives are cheap and I can now get a 500 GB for what I paid for 300GB 2 years ago. I digress.

What Happens When I Turn 30? The answer

This was a very good birthday. I may have not gotten one of my birthday wishes filled (I didn't get to sleep in, had to work in the morning) but it was still a wonderful celebration! Thank you to everyone who sent birthday wishes. To those of you that attended each of the events: You made the day(s) doubly special,

Thanks

For those that weren't able to attend the main event Legoland was awesome! A wonderful surprise happened, it was "STAR WARS DAYS" there at Legoland. There were awesome Star Wars Legos models, a ton of Storm Troopers (even some Lego Clone Troopers, see photo) and games and contests going on. There were many children dressed up in Star Wars costumes for the costume contest later in the afternoon (there are no photos of this; taking photos of strange children has too high of a creep factor). My nephews were there so I was able to see how Legoland seems to a[n actual] kid. I had a great time!

There will be a more detailed account posted on my other blog Link Coming Soon and the entire batch of photos will be posted up later today.
Check back tomrrow to see the updated post.

Enjoy and Thanks

What Happens When I Turn 30?

I will be turning 30 in 12 days. To commemorate the occasion there will be a full weekend of festivities and just plain silliness. The biggest event will be my excursion to Legoland, CA on Saturday the 13th. Everyone is welcome to join me.

Check my other website to see the list of scheduled events and an attempt at a diary to document this historic occasion.

Note: The image at the left was made by me and is a combination of classic Lego people (taken from the corporate site, and put on a diet) and my Ninteno Mii that I designed using my Wii. Each element was combined using Adobe Illustrator CS2.

Natalie Portman Raps

This was found posted online by UTH. Thanks for the entertainment!

A moble post via MMS

If I send this post via MMS does it show up? Ok, so I messed with the email setting and it does not seem to be working. but the MMS message seems to work just fine. the next experiment will see if I can post labels via the handset. thought I doubt it is possible and I will have to manage that manually. However, it is easier to do manage them manually rather than type them out so I simply should not bother.

Mobile blogging

I wanted to see where this post goes. The site does not make it easy to link a mobile post to your handset... We will see